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  <h1>Baking Disasters</h1>
  <p>Because sometimes molecular gastronomy explodes.</p>
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      <h2>Macaron</h2>
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    <p>Few baked goods are as prone to explosions as the delicious and delicate
    French macaron. There's something about a hard outer shell attempting to hold
    back the pressure of expanding almond-flour-goo that's reminiscent of a
    poorly designed steam locomotive.</p>
    <h3>The Recipe</h3>
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      <li>1 cup powdered sugar</li>
      <li>1/4 cup baker's superfine sugar</li>
      <li>3/4 cup almond flour</li>
      <li>3 egg whites</li>
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      <li>Mix powdered sugar and almond flour</li>
      <li>Whisk the superfine sugar into the egg whites. Continue to whisk for 5
        minutes</li>
      <li>Sift flour mixture into sugared egg whites as you fold the mixture.
        Fold at least 50 times.</li>
      <li>Fill a plastic sandwich bag with the resulting paste. Cut the corner
        off of the bag and squeeze macarons on to cooking sheet.</li>
      <li>Let them sit for 45 minutes.</li>
      <li>Bake at 375 degrees for <span>10 minutes</span>
        while using a wooden spoon to keep the oven door cracked open.</li>
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    <h3>The Attempt</h3>
    <p>Most of the preparation proceeded uneventfully. We mixed the ingredients
    and left the proto-macarons to stand and harden. After 45 minutes we
    became impatient. We tossed the first batch into the oven. After 5 minutes
    in the oven the first batch looked very similar to black snake fireworks. The
    confections briefly formed columns which all toppled over.</p>
    <p>We applied our best engineering skills on subsequent batches. We tried
    keeping the oven partially opened by wedging progressively larger heat
    resistant objects into the door. Our interaction with the cookies peaked
    during the last batch as we unwisely attempted to keep the cookie-columns
    from falling over by manually holding them upright as they baked.</p>
    <h3>The Aftermath</h3>
    <p>The resulting cookies were visually unattractive and had a lopsided,
    chewy bottom shell formed from condensed side of the tipped columns.
    Discarding the bottom resulted in an editable result but unfortunately
    sacrificed the vast majority of the cookie-mass.</p>
    <p>While the yield of delicious treats was quite low, we all walked away
    with an improved respect for macaron bakers everywhere.</p>
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